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(PAGASA PUBLIC WEATHER FORECAST as of Wednesday, 21 February 2018) Easterlies affecting the eastern section of the country.
Mindanao will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers due to localized thunderstorms. Light to moderate winds coming from East to Northeast with slight to moderate seas.PAGASA/jpf

According
to Beatriz Torno, Department of Education (DepEd) Caraga Regional Director, the
sports event will be hosted by Butuan City and Agusan Del Norte on February 24
to March 1, 2018.

In
her invitation letter to Gov. Vicente Pimentel, Jr. dated January 30, 2018, she
pointed out that “around 8,000 athletes, coaches, chaperons and officiating
officials” would be taking part in what was described as a “prestigious
activity.”

In
view of the region-wide event, Torno added that “they need gestures of support
and cooperation from the stakeholders.”

"The
opening ceremonies would be held at the car park of Robinson’s Place in Butuan
City at 8:00 a.m. on February 25," she said. (GTataro Jr., Radyo
Pilipinas-Tandag/PIA_Surigao del Sur)

According
to Provincial Tourism Officer Ivonnie Dumadag during the Convergence Meeting on
February 5, 2018, the provincial government is also getting ready for the
conduct of ‘Sajaw’ (dance) Siargao Festival as a special program with the help
and support of the Surigaonon Association of Trained Choreographers and a
symposium upholding Surigaonon language is also put into order by members of
the academe.

Dumadag
said that Atty. Charlo Paredes and Steve Egay strongly advocated for a
localized, socio-based curriculum using the Surigaonon dialect.

Meanwhile,
the Feast of Saint Lourdes Procession in celebration of the Capitol Fiesta was
calendared on February 11 that would cover the entire Capitol Park. Lots of
fun, activities and food will relish the distinguished guests and faithful
employees of the province.

Thanksgiving
mass would start at 6:30 a.m. to be followed with the Team Capitol Family Day.

On
February 15, a total of 16 candidates for the Binibining Kalikasan will vie for
the crown.

Provincial
Planning Development Coordinator Arturo Cruje said that the 16 candidates were
pre-selected from each DepEd Divisions – five candidates from Surigao City,
five from Siargao Island and six from Surigao del Norte (mainland).

Teachers’
Summit will also push through on Feb. 16 at the Provincial Gym with DepEd
Undersecretary Tonisito Umali as keynote speaker representing Secretary Leonor
Briones.

To
top it all, a festival management workshop with the National Commission for
Culture and the Arts (NCAA) will take place at the Provincial Convention Center
from March 7-8, 2018.

Symposium
for the Preservation and Enhancement of the Surigaonon dialect as a mother
tongue will commence the month-long observance. (JGAPlatil, PGO-SDN/PIA-Surigao
del Norte)

Solid
waste management summit set in Siargao Island

BUTUAN
CITY, Feb. 7 – In response to the challenges in the local waste management in
Siargao Island, the Department of Tourism (DOT) Caraga Region, in partnership
with the Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) Caraga and other partner
agencies, will spearhead the Caraga Solid Waste Management (SWM) Summit on Mar.
15-16, 2018 at the Denaville Resort in Santa Monica, Surigao del Norte.

According
to DOT Caraga Regional Director Ma. Ana Nuguid, the summit will bring together
some 300 stakeholders from the barangays, local government units, resort
owners, entrepreneurs, civil society, people’s organizations and line agencies.

“The
summit is deemed necessary to actively involve and convene the nine
municipalities and the private sector to elicit maximum inputs on significant
information on prevailing waste problems and other garbage issues with the end
of crafting a strategic action plan for a recycling program in the island,”
Nuguid said.

Data
from the DOT Caraga revealed that in 2016, there were 179,960 visitors
recorded, which was a significant increase from 152,435 arrivals in 2015.

“Average
yearly waste generation per municipality is about 2,222 tons/year based on
initial data from four municipalities. This translates into roughly almost
20,000 tons of waste per year for the whole island,” the DOT data showed.

The
DOT Caraga report also added that on a per capita basis, waste generation
ranges from 0.30-0.65 kilograms per day. This number is expected to go up as
population and tourism arrivals increase.

The
summit, according to the DOT Caraga, is timely as it seeks to generate
tourism-related solid waste issues and potential solutions at the barangay
level and come up with integrated solutions, which will will feed into the main
summit agenda.

The
said activity carries the theme, “Advancing the waste resource recovery for
sustainable tourism.”

Dubbed
as the surfing capital of the Philippines, Siargao Island has been identified
by the DOT as one of the emerging tourism destinations in the region, which
boasts of seascapes and rich diversity. Hence, it has been declared as
protected area known as Siargao Islands Protected Landscape and Seascape
(SIPLAS) by virtue of Proclamation No. 902 on the basis of Republic Act 7586.
(FEA/PIA-Caraga)

Caraga
top cop leads turn-over of new police building in SurSur town, pays courtesy
call on gov

TANDAG
CITY, Surigao del Sur, Feb. 7 (PIA) – As the saying goes, “kill two birds with
one stone,” PCSupt. Noli Romana, Caraga Police Regional Office (PRO) XIII
Director, was able to accomplish two missions in Surigao del Sur on February 6.
This was not only to pay courtesy call on Gov. Vicente Pimentel, Jr., but most
of all to lead the occasion of the “Blessing and Turn-over of the new Municipal
Police Station (MPS) Building” in Cortes town, 30 kilometers north of Tandag
City.

For
the Cortes MPS Building, a ribbon cutting and unveiling of marker was held,
followed by the blessing of the building. During the official program, both top
town officials, Vice-Mayor Emmanuel Suarez and Mayor William Angos delivered
their messages. It culminated with Romana's message.

He
then paid a courtesy call on Gov. Pimentel at the office of the latter. The
Caraga top cop was accompanied by officer-in-charge Police Director (OIC-PD)
PSSupt. Francisco Dungo, Jr.

According
to Pimentel, the cordial meeting was plain exchange of pleasantries.

However,
the local chief executive (LCE) was kept abreast of some incidents. One of the
most recent was the untimely death of three siblings aged 1, 3, and 12. The
tragedy was caused by a grenade launcher or M203 that was allegedly being
played by one of the kids when it accidentally exploded in the terrace of their
house in Purok 6, Sitio Neptune, Barangay Diatagon, Liaga on February 5.

Reportedly,
the said “ammo” was admitted to have been found by the father of the victims,
Reger Galdiano, 30, farmer, somewhere in the grassy portion nearby.

In
cases like these, Pimentel called on and advised civilians to turn-over any
explosives found to proper authorities. (GTataro, Jr., Radyo
Pilipinas-Tandag/PIA-Surigao del Sur)